failléan

See also: faillean

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

failléan m (genitive singular failléin)

1. neglect
2. waste, loss

Declension

Declension of failléan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative failléan vocative a fhailléin genitive failléin dative failléan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an failléan genitive an fhailléin dative leis an bhfailléan don fhailléan

Related terms

• faill
• faillí
• failligh
• faillitheach
• faillitheacht
• faillitheoir

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of failléan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
failléan	fhailléan	bhfailléan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “failléan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN